You probably know Angela Kinsey for her role as the judgmental, buttoned-up accountant Angela Martin on NBC’s “The Office.” This week, she’s in town with an open mind as she visits less fictional offices — those of Capitol Hill — to drum up awareness about seafood fraud.

Kinsey, who spent her childhood in Indonesia playing in the ocean, has teamed up with Oceana to press lawmakers on the importance of knowing exactly where one’s seafood comes from.

“These bills are a no-brainer,” said Kinsey, referring to the Commercial Seafood Consumer Protection Act, the International Fisheries Stewardship and Enforcement Act and the Pirate Fishing Elimination Act. She’s set to meet with senators Mark Begich, Barbara Boxer, Sheldon Whitehouse and Frank Lautenberg. “It’s just setting up checks and balances and making sure when fish comes to our port, we know where it comes from.”

Kinsey knows that, with a presidential election looming and the economy still struggling, it’s not easy for issues to catch the attention of lawmakers.

“It’s more about bringing it to people’s attention than a opposition.… I think that’s probably a concern — that how do we make sure that things that are important to us are paid attention to when there’s always a bigger news story? And anything I can do to try to highlight what we’re trying to do, I’m happy to sign up for that.… I am optimistic. I am here because I hope to talk to as many people as possible and just really make them see that these are sort of no-brainer things that we can try to implement fairly quickly and hopefully Congress will be listening when I knock.”

As for the White House, Kinsey said she hopes “that the Obama administration sees that everything that’s happening right now with illegal fishing is just really important. It’s a global problem but it also hits us right here at home and I hope they can support us in the future with that.”